Ordnance Survey maps online for free

Ordnance Survey maps online for free

OS getamap provides OS Landranger maps and OS Explorer maps for free. This online service enables outdoor enthusiasts to use a zoomable view of our highly detailed mapping, create, share and find routes in the local area, and search for points of interest. Register for free access to Ordnance Survey maps online, or choose one of our low cost subscriptions for the full suite of route planning tools and unlimited A4 map printing..

OS getamap gives you instant access to Ordnance Survey Mapping

There are several levels of access to OS getamap route planning tool. You can use the site as a guest user (but you won’t be able to do very much), you can register for free or you can subscribe. Subscribers gain access to the full features of the application, such a uploading route notes and images, sharing routes and making unlimited A4 map prints.

However, we believe that you should be able to try before you buy. The free registration option allows you to view Ordnance Survey Leisure maps online, including our overview mapping, 1:50 000 scale OS Landranger and 1: 25 000 scale OS Explorer ranges. You will be able to create your own routes find routes shared by others, but free prints are limited to a smaller size.

To make the most of the application, upgrade to one on the subscription packages, available for one month up to a full year. This will give you access to the full features of the route planner, as well as to the premium ‘Authored’ routes, the advanced route tools and unlimited A4 map printing.

Register today with OS getamap for free. Access to all the Ordnance Survey maps online is only a click away.

Just cancel the login box, and click the ‘Leisure’ button in the top left of the map window to switch to classic OS Landranger and OS Explorer style mapping. If you create a free account you can create routes, or you can subscribe to unlock the all the features.

An alternative is Bing Maps – you can switch the map type to ‘Ordnance Survey’ for UK locations if you just want to be able to browse around the map.

When I click on the button to get the Silverlight plugin, I get redirected to the Mono project. So I try to install this one, but my computer tells me, that the Mono plugin is still installed. In short: OS does not works with Mono (the Silverlight version for Linux and MacOS) What about people with Linux or Macintosh, are they not allowed to use the OS maps?

Unfortunately Mono and Moonlight do not have all the capabilities of Silverlight, and so OS getamap can’t run on them. We have had some customers who use WINE windows emulation to run Firefox with Silverlight to allow them to use the site, but it’s not something we actively support as the configuration to get this working is quite dependant on each user.

Mervyn

We are travelling around the UK in a camper van. We usually have internet via 3G or WiFi and would like to download a small section of the local OS map to an iPhone to take with us on a local walk. We only have iPhones and iPads with us and no printer. It would seem that your site which requires Silverlight will not be any good. Are there any providers who can meet our needs?

Hi Mervyn
We can help – our iOS and Android app, OS MapFinder, lets you download specific areas of OS maps that you want to explore. Once you’ve downloaded it to your phone, you can use with or without WiFi or mobile signal and you can plan and track your walks and routes. You can download it here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/os-mapfinder/id577097874?mt=8
Thanks, Gemma

Jon Ford

I subscribed to Getamap last year 2013/14 and it was absolutely useless. Despite several calls to support personnel and numerous reinstallation’s it never gave even a remotely reliable service.
I now read from one of the users above that Mac OS doesn’t support getamap. Why wasn’t that pointed out to me and a refund given?

Hi Jon – customer services has let me know you had a few problems when you first subscribed, but that they had resolved them with you at the time. The most common causes of issues on a Mac is an out of date version of Silverlight, or using the Chrome browser as it’s version of Silverlight is not 100% compatible. OS getamap will work on a most Mac computers, but we always advise testing using a free registration first.

Eileen Sellars

I have downloaded Silverlight as required (and when I tried to do it a second time, Silverlight confirmed this) but your site doesn’t recognised the fact even though I have logged off and on again. What am I doing wrong?

Hi Eileen. The most common reason is that Silverlight is installed but not enabled in the browser you are using. It varies by browser, but generally something like >Tools>Add-ons>Show all>and then find Microsoft Silverlight and tick to enable it. If you cant find it, please contact our customer support team (https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/contact/) with the details of the browser your are using and they can help you.

R Billing

Interesting but of very little use to me. I went all Linux years ago to get the better security and ease of use. I suspect that most of people who organise outdoor activities will be practical types who will have done the same.

It’s unfortunate that OS has chosen to exclude a large section of the people who make most serious use of the maps.

However when there is a Linux compatible version I’ll take out a paid subscription at once.

We are working on a completely new version that will run natively in HTML5, so will work on modern browsers including Chromium and Firefox on Ubuntu. Please keep and eye on our newsletter, blog or social media for updates, and for the chance to take part in pre-release testing trials.

Jeremy Smith

I used to use getamap when I had a windows laptop but as the others have said I am now linux mostly and would love to be part of any trial of the html5 version, please can you provide a link/address to sign up.
I particularly would like to use it on my chromebook which I now always take with me on trips.